And We decreed to the Children of Israel and We revealed to them a decisive revelation, meaning a cut-off and severed one, that they will certainly cause corruption in the land and they will be arrogant, meaning: they will be proud and transgress in the Book, in the Torah. And you will certainly cause corruption is the answer to an omitted oath. It is permissible that the decisive decree is treated like an oath, so that 'you will certainly cause corruption' is an answer to it, as if He said: 'And We swore you will certainly cause corruption.' And it was read: 'you will certainly cause corruption,' in the passive form. And 'you will certainly cause corruption,' with the opening of the 't' from 'corruption' occurs twice; the first was the killing of Zakariya and the imprisonment of Armiya when they warned them of Allah's wrath, and the second was the killing of Yahya ibn Zakariya and the intent to kill Isa ibn Maryam. [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'ibad'] of Ours, and it was read: [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'ubaid'] of Ours. And it is often said: 'the servants of Allah and the slaves of people': Sanharyb and his soldiers. [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'Sanharyb and his soldiers' was a king of Babylon, and Bukhth Nasr is his grandson, and he was one of his scribes. And so in the Khazin.] And it was said Bukhth Nasr. And from Ibn Abbas: Jalut. They killed their scholars, burned the Torah, destroyed the mosque, and took captive seventy thousand of them. If you say: how could Allah send the disbelievers [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'kuffar'] against them and empower them over them? [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'If you say: how could Allah send the disbelievers ... etc.' Ahmad said: this question is directed only at the Qadariyyah who claim that Allah does not do evil nor desires it, while the Ahl al-Sunnah believe that everything that occurs is His action and will, even if it is evil, so there is no question.] I say: its meaning is that We left them to what they did and did not prevent them, while Allah, the Exalted, attributed sending the disbelievers against them to Himself. It is like His saying: 'And thus We make some of the wrongdoers allies of others because of what they used to earn.' And the saying of the supplicant. And He caused discord among their words. And He attributed the invasion, which is the roaming through the lands with corruption, to them. So the destruction of the mosque and the burning of the Torah are among the invasions attributed to them. And Talhah read: 'and they roamed' with the 'h.' And it was read: 'and they invaded.' And they disrupted the lands. If you say: what is the meaning of 'the promise of the first'? I say: its meaning is the promise of punishment of the first, and it was a promise that must be fulfilled. Then We returned to you the power, meaning the state and dominance over those who were sent against you when you repented and turned back from corruption and arrogance. It was said: it is the killing of Bukhth Nasr and the rescue of the Children of Israel from their captivity and their wealth and the return of kingship to them. And it was said: it is the killing of Dawud of Jalut. [UNTRANSLATED-LATIN: 'nafir'] is from those who go out with a man from his people, and it was said: it is the plural of 'nafir' like 'slaves' and 'goats.'